Everyone is different. My wife went in for surgery the day before thanksgiving. Was at thanksgiving dinner with her parents the next day and they had no clue she had any procedure done.

funny thing is that my wife can grab scolding hot tortillas off the oven and walk them across the kitchen, but the broad says "it hurts" when my 3 year old daughter lays on her back........

it may have been the vicious cycle of drugs she was on - literally every 3 hours i was loading her up with muscle relaxers and pain killer because i knew she wasn't going to be able to handle the pain.

seriously, the first night i slept in the bedroom by myself because she didn't want to leave the couch.